November 13, 2010

Name the Thing Contest - 157
Contests

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Thanks to Gadget Factory for putting up the prize this week. They are providing a Papilio Barcode Genie kit to the lucky winner of the contest, simply plug in your scanner and increase your productivity. Of course the hardware is completely hackable so you could really make it do whatever you would like it to do! If you can’t wait to get one you are in luck, they on sale

Kinect Cracked and used for Laser Tracking
Complex Hacks

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We have seen what the inside of a Kinect looks like, now we can interface to the cool box if electronic bits.  Hector Martin apparently hacked some code together and got it working 3 hours after he got his hands in the Kinect! From what I see this thing has tons of potential. The Wiimote Hacks were being created at a fast and furious pace after it was opened and